ABC13 is tracking crime and safety across Houston and in your neighborhood.

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Homicides
445

Last 12 months
Through September 26

Average Homicides
382

Yearly average
2019 to 2021

Homicide Rate
19.3

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Homicide Rate
16.6

Per 100,000 people
2019 to 2021


Homicides over the last 12 months are trending down 4.3% compared to 2021.

However, the murder rate over the last 12 months is up 17% compared to the annual average over the last three years, and the frequency of killings remains higher than it was before the pandemic.

The city averaged 9 homicides a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 5 a week.

One way to think about the danger: three years ago, the murder rate was 12.1 per 100,000 residents. That’s about the same risk as dying in a vehicle crash in Texas.

During the pandemic, a person’s chance of being murdered in Houston rose above the likelihood of dying in a vehicle crash.


The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood.

ABC13’s data team looked at the Houston Police Department’s data by neighborhood from 2019 through September 26.

A closer look at Houston homicides by neighborhood

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the homicide rate over the last 12 months. Darker blue areas are neighborhoods where the murder rate is higher than the citywide rate.

You can click any neighborhood to see detailed numbers or the buttons at the bottom of the map to switch between numbers and rates. You can search for a street, place, landmark or zip code to zoom to that location.